Major Expansion For Teknek In Asia

Two new offices have been opened in Seoul, South Korea and in Shanghai. These will complement the Asian production facility and fulfilment centre in Hong Kong. Teknek’s Asia Pacific headquarters moves from Yokohama Japan to Shanghai and will be headed up by Richard Meredith, regional manager for Asia Pacific. The office, overlooking Peoples Square in Shanghai will provide sales, service, technical support and applications. To complement the Shanghai team, Teknek will also be recruiting staff for an office in Guangdong.



Leading Teknek’s growth in Japan is Akiyoshi Doda who becomes country manager and he will also be recruiting additional staff. Following the recent formation of Teknek Korea, a new team led by Steve Moon will provide sales, technical support and service whilst providing support to local distributor Fine Solutions.



Other Asia operations are also experiencing substantial growth. The sales and technical support team in Taiwan is being expanded and the Hong Kong production and fulfilment centre will see significant investment in production capacity to cope with increased demand.



Stephen Mitchell, managing director, Teknek: “This is one of the largest and most ambitious expansion plans ever undertaken in Teknek’s 25 year history. We are seeing unprecedented demand for our equipment in the region both for our traditional markets such as electronics as well as for large Asian product sectors such as Flat Panel Displays and solar cell production. We expect to double our headcount in Asia and it comes on the back of recent expansion in North America and growth at our UK headquarters in Glasgow.”



He added: “I have just completed a tour of our new Asian facilities and have been struck on the one hand by the huge opportunity available and at the same time realising that our strong position can only be sustained by constant innovation, operational excellence and value, qualities which are at the core of our strategy. Expansion in Asia is part of our strategic aim to double the size of the business over the coming years.”



Teknek pioneered the development of contact cleaning technology 25 years ago and has remained at the forefront of innovation in this field ever since. Its “clean machines” are used by leading manufacturers world-wide. The machines help manufacturers maximise production yields, cut down time and reduce waste by eliminating contamination from critical processes. Sectors served range from electronics, printing and converting to Flat Panel Displays, solar cell and medical.